Seriously, what was the determining factor that made Maria Sharapova just a tad more powerful than Tony Stewart? That's what kills me about these top 100 lists. What formula do you use to determine these things? The president of the Yankees barely beats out Shaq for # 77 but is behind a skateboard guy and an NFL quarterback? Based on what?

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Define power for me, will ya Business Week? Apparently, it includes endorsement dollars (Peyton Manning) and player salary (Alex Rodriquez). But in terms of actual get done power, I'd think that Paul Tagliabue still has some clout in the sports world. Certainly more power than Donna F'n Orender, President of the WNBA.

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I would argue that David Stern should actually be number one on this list. Especially if you are one of those people that believes in all these game-fixing conspiracies.....

But he wasn't the one fixing games.

No, but what about his kneejerk fines to players that question the officials? I'd say he's more power-hungry than Goodell could ever dream to be. Besides, if Goodell really was the top dog in sports, Michael Vick would already be banned for life.

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I would argue that David Stern should actually be number one on this list. Especially if you are one of those people that believes in all these game-fixing conspiracies.....

But he wasn't the one fixing games.

No, but what about his kneejerk fines to players that question the officials? I'd say he's more power-hungry than Goodell could ever dream to be. Besides, if Goodell really was the top dog in sports, Michael Vick would already be banned for life.

well think of it this way, once vick is cleared to return in a few moons down the road, he'll be so out of shape and over the hill that he won't have much productivity left.